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expectant

How many syllables in expectant?

  3 syllables

Divide expectant into syllables:   ex-pect-ant
Stressed syllable in expectant:   ex-pect-ant
How to pronounce expectant:   ik-spek-tent
How to say expectant:

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Synonyms for expectant


2 syllables
  • eager
  • hoping
  • hopeful
3 syllables
  • encouraged
  • in suspense
4 syllables
  • on tenterhooks
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    What rhymes with expectant

    3 syllables
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